Former Batticaloa Mayor arrested

A former Mayor of Batticaloa, Sivageetha Prabhakaran and five others have been arrested by the Police for allegedly running a brothel.

Sivageetha Prabhakaran along with her husband and four others had been arrested in Batticaloa yesterday.

They are to be produced before court. Sivageetha Prabhakaran, became the first female Mayor of the Batticaloa Municipal Council when she was elected with a majority of votes at the Local Government Elections held on 10 March 2008 representing the TMVP.